HACKER IN RESIDENCE

Hola<code/> - Hacking a better future

Hola<code/> is a 5-month software engineering coding bootcamp education program based in Mexico City focused on providing better job placement opportunities and social mobility to returning migrants to Mexico.

At Hola<code/> we believe that young people have the right to meaningful education, decent work, gender equality and income security. However, since 2005 around 500,000 young people between the ages of 18-35 have returned to Mexico from the United States. It is estimated that around 75% of them are unable to find formal employment. The premise for the next 4 years: + deportations. Those who are able to find jobs are exposed to different forms of abuse, lack of social or income security and unsafe working conditions at alarming rates.They are likely to join the 1.2 million young women and men in Mexico who face the job search every year without support networks and recognition of prior studies.

At the same time the tech and software development sectors in Mexico are experiencing growth at an unprecedented pace. Currently the demand of human capital in the sector has grown above the national supply. In partnership with Hack Reactor, we have designed an immersive people-centred programme, in which we provide technical and soft skills for life. We support students’ path so they can access employment with career-growth opportunities, secure income, social benefits and gender equality in the tech sector. We believe that through dignified employment, young women and men can hack a better future for themselves and their families.

Job Description

Hola<code> is currently running its first cohort in Mexico City and is looking for a Hacker in Residence (HIR) to help us train our students in Javascript fundamentals and engineering best practices,starting mid January 2018. Our HIR are mainly responsible for ensuring that the students are technically prepared for a successful job search and career in the software industry. HIRs are the direct student-facing members of the team, therefore building culture, coaching success behaviors, and talking about code are part of the day-to-day work as well as the strength of the community.

- Collaboration: Work alongside program staff in providing prompt feedback on student progress and serve as technical partner to all other departments that ensure job search success.

Additional information

- Based in Mexico City, Mexico

- Part-time

- Spanish is not required

- 4-month contract

Perks

- Use your skills to support access to social mobility for a large underserved community in Mexico- Support the first stages of an emerging social enterprise in Mexico City- Inspiring workplace and motivated colleagues- Awesome office location in Mexico City (WeWork Insurgentes)